'Israel' kills 80 in Gaza, 65 of whom gunned down in aid site

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
17 Jun 2025 21:02
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Over 80 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Tuesday, including 65 in Khan Younis, as "Israel" targets civilians and aid seekers.

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Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of a girl killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP)

More than 80 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in relentless Israeli strikes, with 65 of them killed in a single attack on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.

In central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Bureij refugee camp led to the martyrdom of four civilians and injuries to several others, including women and children. Al-Awda Hospital later confirmed the arrival of eight more martyrs and 14 wounded individuals, among them children, following another attack in Block 10 of the same camp.

The occupation’s brutality extended to al-Rashid Street in the north, where two civilians waiting for humanitarian aid were gunned down by an Israeli drone.

Massacre at the desalination roundabout

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had reported over 60 martyrs and hundreds of injuries, many in critical condition in Khan Younis. The massacre took place at the Desalination Roundabout, where starving Palestinians had gathered in hopes of receiving humanitarian aid, only to be directly targeted by Israeli forces.

This is part of a broader pattern that targets Palestinians desperate for aid as the Israeli-made famine leaves them starving during a relentless genocide.

On Monday, at least 50 Palestinians were killed, including 23 gunned down near a US-sponsored aid distribution site in Rafah, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. More than 200 others were wounded in the same massacre, one of several deadly attacks in recent days that have targeted starving civilians in search of humanitarian aid.

The shootings occurred near a facility operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial aid mechanism established under US sponsorship and directly coordinated with Israeli occupation forces. The GHF has become a centerpiece of a new, militarized aid model imposed after "Israel" partially eased its three-month siege. However, this model has increasingly been linked to mass killings, sparking outrage from humanitarian organizations and Palestinians alike.